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Male Head
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
This male head has hair waved across the head and down the back and sides. The hair is black, the flesh is red, and the eyebrows and pupils of the eyes are black. The authencity of this piece has been questioned.
Provenance
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Abemayor, Cairo [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1931 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Egypt (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 4 3/16 in. (10.6 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1931
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
22.139